NYC election board is starting paper ballot count

In this Aug. 21, 2013 file photo, the Democratic candidates for Mayor of New York City face off for their first debate at the Town Hall in New York. Candidates for the New York City Mayors office commonly position themselves as champions of a disappearing middle class, as a mixed bag of recent statistics sketch a city of increasing economic extremes with a crunch in the middle. From left are Anthony Weiner, Sal Albanese, John Liu, Christine Quinn, William Thompson Jr., Erick Salgado and Bill de Blasio. (AP Photo/New York Times, Ruth Fremson, Pool)